RECENT NEWS

Demand is growing for styling polymers that are high-performing as well as more environmentally sustainable.

Croda has unveiled an innovative hair conditioning agent, KeraDyn HH. The ingredient provides the hair care sector with a new marketing platform for the next generation of hair care products.

One of the leading experts in the world of personal care, Prof Johann Wiechers, has died. Johann Wiechers died of pneumonia on Sunday 7 November. Universally respected as a scientist, and with a warm personality, he will be greatly missed.

Specialty chemical company, Rhodia, has announced three new production units at its Zhenjiang site for its Novecare’s specialty surfactants and polymers and Aroma Performance’s Guaiacol and IBCH products.

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials is further investing in its personal care business in Asia. DKSH has commissioned a state-of-the-art innovation centre to deepen the company’s application expertise, develop cutting-edge business ideas, and formulate concepts that create even better opportunities for its clients and customers.

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading specialty chemicals distributor has launched a new and cutting edge polymer line that will be distributed globally through DKSH’s sales channels.

On Monday 5 December in Paris, the INPI (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle - French National Industrial Property Institute) organised a ceremony to celebrate its 60th birthday and 20 years of trophies for innovation.

Within the last three years, the CosmetAgora trade fair in Paris has become one of the most important trade fairs for cosmetic ingredients. The fair provides a platform – particularly for medium-sized and small companies – to present the latest trends and products in raw materials, textures, toxicological tests and many other areas

Arizona Chemical, a leading biorefiner of pine-based materials, announced it has entered into an agreement with ProTec Ingredia, Ltd., to distribute the company’s unique line of bio-based specialty polymers to the personal care industry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The first two new look FormulaCare training packages will be presented on Tuesday 6 December and Tuesday 13 December 2011. They have been developed as a trial training package to enable formulators to understand “How To” use this new tool.

The Household, Industrial & Institutional Ingredients (H3i) exhibition and conference is organised by Step Exhibitions and the British Association of Chemical Specialties (BACS). It features ingredients for performance enhancement in home care and industrial products and institutional cleaners.

Beauty Week in Bangkok is set to flourish once again, with the recent announcement of the new dates for the IFSCC’s technical conference on the 12-14 December at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok and the in-cosmetics Asia’s ingredients exhibition on 14-16 December at BITEC, Bangkok.

One of the leading experts in the world of personal care, Prof Johann Wiechers, has died.

DSM Nutritional Products has announced that its 100% pure Argan Oil is now certified to the highest organic certification standards by both Ecocert and Natrue.

New from Cosmetochem International AG, usNeo, a naturally effective deodorant and antibacterial active addresses the growing trend for effective, plant-based actives.

Sustainable ingredients and distribution innovations are the focal themes of the European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit.

The Cornelius Innovations Presentation is now available and has been touring the UK, receiving excellent feedback from those customers who have seen it already. The presentation is split into three separate sections:

Personal Care Europe magazine will increase from four issues a year to five, cementing its position as the leading publication for cosmetic formulators in Europe.

IFRA United Kingdom for the first time staged a one day symposium, the IFRA United Kingdom Fragrance Forum, on 12 October 2011 at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Symrise expands its portfolio of cooling substances with the patented Frescolat X-cool. The active ingredient gives skin care products a long-lasting cooling effect.